Dance Venues

To provide free membership, supplies, workspace, workshops to people diagnosed with mental illnesses who are established artists or have an interest in developing artistic skills. Undiagnosed also welcome.

An international, four-day artistic and cultural event committed to showcasing excellence and the talent, vision and passion of artists with disabilities. The festival seeks submissions of visual art and performance work that exemplifies the diverse and exceptional quality of artistic talent within the disabled communities. The festival is held in odd-numbered years, alternating with the PROJECTIONS Disability Film Festival.

Backroom, second floor, and main hall spaces rent for day rates ranging from $15 to $35 per hour. Evening rates are for a block of time from 6pm to 4pm, and vary depending on the night of the week. See web site for details. Available for auditions, rehearsals, performances, meetings, parties, and more.

Searchable database lists theater spaces in the New York metropolitan area suitable for performance, rehearsal, readings, or dance, as well as spaces for meetings or benefits. Introduction to Guide also has contact information for companies to contact regarding liability coverage for audience and personnel, and for Worker's Compensation coverage.

The Circle at the American Indian Community House is a versatile 1500 square foot space used for performances, readings, workshops, classes, lectures, and social gatherings. There are four entrances to the space with a portable stage which allows for various configurations.

The Performing Arts Department coordinates various cultural activities featuring Native American performing artists, and promotes and assists all-Native ensembles such as Spiderwoman Theatre, Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Coatlicue Theatre Company and Ulali. The department provides referrals for Native storytellers, musicians and lecturers. It also acts as a non-paid booking agent for Native actors, dancers and models. AICH provides rehearsal space and technical assistance to Native American artists and has a main stage called The Circle which seats up to 150 people.

Thousands of art collectors, dealers, and visitors will converge on the Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods of Chicago in one of the city's most unique celebrations of the arts. Each year, hundreds of painters, photographers, sculptors, actors, performers, dancers, poets, and filmmakers participate in this unique opportunity to exhibit and sell their work to visitors from all over the United States. Studios and local businesses are transformed into galleries, open store fronts teem with artists and viewers, and scheduled and impromptu performances add an interesting flavor to the festival.

A monthly newsletter (via e-mail or paper) with 600-900 announcements (every month) listing art contests and competitions, art scholarships and grants, juried exhibitions, art jobs and internships, call for entries/proposals/papers, writing and photo contests, residencies, design and architecture competitions, auditions, casting calls, fellowships, festivals, funding, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages.

Exhibition space available for artists in all disciplines. Frames for artworks have been donated for artist use.

Studio 210 has been providing affordable audition, rehearsal, and low-tech performance space since l980. AOTM is currently focusing on producing events at the studio and raising 210's visibility in the community. This includes festivals such as Engaging the Imagination, featuring teachers such as Deborah Hay (dance), Brechin Flournoy (Butoh), Rachel Kaplan (writing), Deborah Slater (performance techniques), The Field (with Maxine Moerman) and Anna Halpern (movement scores) and free Open Rehearsals for National Dance Week. The space has a wood floor, black curtains, mirrors, a sound system and basic theatrical lighting. Risers can be created for intimate performances. For further information, please contact Studio 210/AOTM.

Each season Art Sanctuary brings together the living resources of African American art — the artists who create work that expresses, imagines, envisions and re-envisions life in our contemporary world. The series acts as a community curriculum which is offered for the enrichment of individuals and groups at all levels of education. The program features school matinees, reading projects at various educational sites, artists residencies for teens, collaborative projects, panel discussions, and teachers’ workshops.